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GeoQuest VESUVIUS an interdisciplinary Role Playing game Sabina Maraffi - School of Science and Technology - University of Camerino, Italy - sabina.maraffi@unicam.it,, +393476974232, www.maraffi.eu Alessandra Scamardella - LSG.Galilei, Napoli - Italy - [email protected], +393387423683 Questions Players respond individually with their smartphones or tablets, the system proceeds according to the criterion of the majority. Introduction GeoQuest Vesuvius is a class interactive role-playing computer game which goal is to teach Earth Science. The aim of this work is to use the latest ICT techniques to create innovative educational products. Interdisciplinary Volcanology explained through mineralogy and petrography Historical, mythological and literary aspects through appropriate textual references. Conclusions Roleplaying helps students to reach their goals easily through cooperation. Through role play, students have to explore the virtual environment to go on, explain in a scientifically rigorous way the results of their explorations, stimulating independent research on the context studied. The splendor and the destruction of Pompeii related by Pliny, Goethe, Dumas, Dickens, Leopardi Multi-language English and french versions with texts of Sir W. Hamilton (1730-1803) Latin and Ancient Italian texts Caco demon, by Franco Gentilini Myth and Earth Science through contemporary art Interface example
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GeoQuest VESUVIUSan interdisciplinary Role Playing game
Sabina Maraffi - School of Science and Technology - University of Camerino, Italy - [email protected],, +393476974232, www.maraffi.eu Alessandra Scamardella - LSG.Galilei, Napoli - Italy - [email protected], +393387423683
Questions Players respond individually with their smartphones or tablets, the system proceeds according to the criterion of the majority.
Introduction GeoQuest Vesuvius is a class interactive role-playing computer game which goal is to teach Earth Science. The aim of this work is to use the latest ICT techniques to create innovative educational products.
InterdisciplinaryVolcanology explained through mineralogy and
petrography
Historical, mythological and literary aspects through
appropriate textual references.
Conclusions Roleplaying helps students to reach their goals easily through cooperation.
Through role play, students have to explore the virtual environment to go on, explain in a scientifically rigorous way the results of their explorations,
stimulating independent research on the context studied.
The splendor and the destruction of Pompeii related by Pliny, Goethe, Dumas, Dickens, Leopardi
Multi-language English and french versions with texts of Sir W. Hamilton
(1730-1803)
Latin and Ancient Italian
texts
Caco demon, by Franco Gentilini Myth and Earth Science through contemporary art
Interface example
